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By Andrew Gilmore, Timothy Magee, Terrance Fulp, and Ken Strezepek, Published
in the Proceedings of the ASCE 2000 Joint Conference on Water Resources
Engineering and Water Rousources Planning and Magement, Minneapolis, July
2000.
Abstract: The Colorado Rivers 80-year history of treaties,
compacts, laws, and court decisions are often referred to as the "Law
of the River." The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) has developed
operating criteria to satisfy these legal requirements. Satisfaction of
these complicated criteria is one important measure of the success of a
basin model. USBR simulation models such as the Colorado River Simulation
Study (CRSS) and the 24 Month Study have incorporated these criteria and
are widely used for policy analysis. Both of these models have been re-implemented
as rule-based simulations in RiverWare, a general river basin modelling
tool. The application of optimization to policy analysis on the Colorado
River has been limited by the ability of optimization models to similarly
represent these mandated requirements for operations. Using the goal programming
component of RiverWare, we have created a monthly optimization model of
the Colorado River that replicated the 24 Month Study. Using this solution
as a base, the hydro-power value of selectively relaxing policies was found.
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